10. Appendices:
10.4. Appendix D: Tools matrix
Matchmaking service for those requiring problems to be solved and innovators. Has specialized roles for mediation.
http://www.ixc.com.au/home.html
Creativity pool Open intermediary
Open ‘free for all’ ideas forum. Implements no idea protection, although it does implement an ‘honesty box’ reward system.
http://www.creativitypool.com/
IBM Thinkplace Commercial organizational tool
Closed innovation tool for collecting sharing and tracking ideas. Only used within IBM.
Commercial organizational tool sold to organizations. Has a large array of features and customizable modules.
Commercial organizational tool. Has a heavy focus on creativity methods dedicated to breakthrough innovation.
http://www.ingenuitybank.com/
WriIdea Individual tool Individual idea management and sharing service. Present a clean interface that quickly allows one to record ideas. Also includes developer API.
http://wridea.com
UserVoice User innovation
A commercial User innovation intermediary that allows companies to setup discussion forums where users vote for and discuss the company’s ides and products.
http://uservoice.com/
Name Type Focus URL
Kluster Commercial
organizational tool
An online service that provides a meeting place. Is based around assigning weights to ideas and the opinions of certain people within the group.
http://www.kluster.com/buy/featur es
IBM Jam Events User innovation
A series of User innovation events run on IBMs own communications platform. Is an ongoing initiative rather than a tool or community
https://www.collaborationjam.com /
Ideas4All Open
intermediary
Open free for all ideas sharing community. http://www.ideas4all.com
Innovation Commons
Open intermediary
Open free for all ideas sharing community. This community is backed by a number of well-known companies and government entities. It originates from India.
Provides a range of features and based around a comprehensive organizational innovation process. Has been the subject a case study in Lamont 2004.
A social innovation initiative born out of earlier work in social invention.
Similar to many of the other open intermediaries.
http://www.globalideasbank.org/si te/about/
NineSigma Commercial innovation intermediary
A commercial innovation intermediary that is essentially an RFP negotiations tool. Note that this means it is a meeting place between organizations and teams rather than smaller groups of innovators.
Majority of current projects are environmental issues.
http://www.ninesigma.com/
Name Type Focus URL Big Idea Group Commercial
innovation intermediary
Commercial community for solving problems. The Big Idea Group organization provides consulting services that span end to end in the organizational innovation process.
IP marketplace specific to semi conductors. http://www.ssipex.com/ssipex/ind ex.asp?language=English
Ocean Tomo Commercial innovation intermediary
IP merchant banker. Provides investment and brokerage of IP (particularly patents).
http://www.oceantomo.com/
IdeaBox Open
intermediary
Open source software that is a suggestion box for ideas. Currently outdated.
http://ideabox.phpoutsourcing.co m/
SharingIdeas.org Open intermediary
Open innovation forum. However is not maintained. http://www.sharingideas.org
Inventor Spot Open intermediary
Meeting place for inventors and their inventions. Also presents article on new inventions from around the globe.
http://inventorspot.com/
Atizo Commercial
innovation intermediary
A commercial intermediary based out of Germany. Has an active community with a range of companies involved.
http://www.atizo.com/
Smiths ‘do-us-a-flavour’
User innovation
An example of a consumer-based ideas competition. http://www.smithsdousaflavour.co m.au/
Open government
Open intermediary
Government policy think tank. An example of one of the few open intermediaries with direction and purpose. Similar to the 20-20 summit held in Australia except it is a longer term policy.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/Open/
Name Type Focus URL
Collaborative tool for knowledge and idea management. http://www.akiva.com/default.asp
?id=16&l=1
BrightIdea.com Commercial organizational tool
A suite of three components that provide management of an organizations innovation pipeline; that is from ideation to implementation.
A collaboration suite for idea management and innovation. Interestingly it provides social networking information and search to innovators, allowing them not only to find common interests but also build that past history of trust.
A Dutch firm that provides a custom toolset for innovation management. Is partnered with its consulting services.
http://www.inpaqt.nl/index.php?id
=2
Idealyst User innovation
An online brainstorming tool with built in support for rewards (including cash prizes and more).
A set of tools that provides idea management and innovation process management features. Based out of France.
http://www.ideavalue.com/default-us.htm
INCENT iDS Commercial organizational tool
Offers software both for idea management and continuous innovation processes.
Idea management solution. Has a heavy emphasis on stage gates and review processes, including executive and team lead level reviews.
http://www.us-mindmatters.com/products/index.
asp
Name Type Focus URL Insight Results Commercial
organizational tool
Innovation management software with features for each part of the innovation process.
Innovation management software that is focused around strategy and challenges.
Comprehensive set of idea management function, particularly around supplementing the review process.
Workflow based idea management system.
http://www.tqs-sim.com/SimNet8.aspx
Spigit Commercial
organizational tool
Comprehensive Idea management solution. Utilizes agent technology to filter and rank ideas.
Idea management software tightly coupled with consulting services.
Utilizes the SAP platform.
High technology focused commercial intermediary. innocentive.com
Open Innovation projects
Open intermediary
Community focused around open source IT and other innovation projects. One of the fewer examples of open intermediaries that act as funnels to projects, rather than free for alls.
http://open-innovation-projects.org/project-list/?start=10
Name Type Focus URL Yet2.com Commercial
innovation intermediary
Online services for challengers and finders based on technology applications
http://www.yet2.com/app/about/ho me
FellowForce User innovation
Commercial firm that acts as a message board for organizations, although also has a challenge-based dynamic.
http://www.fellowforce.com/
TekScout Commercial innovation intermediary
Commercial intermediary for solutions to science and engineering probes and issues.
A commercial intermediary providing a space for businesses to have problems solved. Interestingly, also implements an ideas discussion, although it is no where near successful as other open intermediaries.
Shows how the two dynamics (commercial and open) may be merged.
http://www.ideaconnection.com/
IdeaMagnet User innovation
A commercial tool for user innovation. http://www.idea-magnet.com/
Hypios Commercial
innovation intermediary
A commercial innovation intermediary. Interestingly attempts to build its own social network of innovators in the style of Facebook.
www.hypios.com
ThinkCycle Open intermediary
A meeting place for innovators started as an initiative by MIT. Has different forms of IP
www.thinkcycle.org
Sparks Individual tool iPhone application for managing ideas and tasks. http://sparks.elemental-tools.com/
Manage My Ideas
Individual tool Individual tool for recording word descriptions of ideas in lists. Similar and simpler than Wridea
managemyideas.org
Name Type Focus URL IdeaScale User
innovation
User innovation platform for organizations. http://www.ideascale.com/
GetSatisfaction User innovation
Commercial user innovation community that hosts a number of companies and consumers of their products. Allows companies to receive feedback and to post challenges and other information.
http://getsatisfaction.com/
Dell IdeaStorm User innovation
Dell’s own suggestion box for ideas relating to its products. www.ideastorm.com/
Kindling Commercial organizational tool
Commercial tool delivered via SAAS for idea management. http://www.kindlingapp.com/howit works
Brightspark User innovation
Commercial user innovation tool for organizations. http://www.brightsparkapp.com/
Qmarkets Commercial organizational tool
Commercial tool based on a simple four step process of idea management.
Commercial tool for idea management. http://www.innovationfactory.eu/h ow-do-we-do-it/tools/ideanet/